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title: Audit RPC Events (Windows 10)
description: This topic for the IT professional describes the advanced security audit policy setting, Audit RPC Events, which determines whether the operating system generates audit events when inbound remote procedure call (RPC) connections are made.
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# Audit RPC Events


**Applies to**

-   Windows 10

This topic for the IT professional describes the advanced security audit policy setting, **Audit RPC Events**, which determines whether the operating system generates audit events when inbound remote procedure call (RPC) connections are made.

RPC is a technology for creating distributed client/server programs. RPC is an interprocess communication technique that enables client and server software to communicate. For more information, see [What Is RPC?](http://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc787851.aspx).

Event volume: High on RPC servers

Default: Not configured

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<tr class="header">
<th align="left">Event ID</th>
<th align="left">Event message</th>
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<td align="left"><p>5712</p></td>
<td align="left"><p>A Remote Procedure Call (RPC) was attempted.</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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## Related topics


[Advanced security audit policy settings](advanced-security-audit-policy-settings.md)